Saigon FC

Saigon Football Club (Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ Bóng đá Sài Gòn) was a Vietnamese professional association football club administered by Saigon Football Development Joint Stock Company. Following the relegation from 2022 season and problems related to the club's ownership, it was proposed that team would be dissolved. A last minute attempt was made to give the license over to Lam Dong FC in 2023 season.[1], however, this deal fell though.

Saigon
Full nameSaigon Football Club
Câu lạc bộ Bóng đá Sài Gòn
Founded2011 (2011)
(as Hanoi (2) FC)
DissolvedFebruary 14, 2023 (2023-02-14)
GroundThong Nhat Stadium
Capacity15,000
OwnerSaigon Football Development Company
PresidentTrần Hòa Bình
Head coachPhùng Thanh Phương
LeagueV.League 2
2022V.League 1, 13th of 13 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

The club's formation was set as a result of the B team of Hanoi FC relocating to Ho Chi Minh City in the south of Vietnam and renaming in 2016 to Saigon FC.[2]

History

FC Tokyo partnership

In February 2020, Saigon announced a cooperation agreement with Japanese club FC Tokyo, which includes plans for a joint football academy being started in Vietnam.[3]

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2018 Kami
2019 Fraser Sport[4]
2020 Zaicro Ben Thanh Holdings
Van Lang University
Him Lam Group
2021 Made by club SCB
Eneos
2022 Kelme[5] SCB (until round 11)
Novaland (round 12 onwards)
Japan Airlines

Affiliated clubs

Season
Season Pld Won Draw Lost GF GA GD PTS Position Notes
2016 V.League 1 26 9 9 8 34 32 +2 36 7th
2017 V.League 1 26 11 10 5 40 29 +11 43 5th
2018 V.League 1 26 9 4 13 36 40 −4 31 8th
2019 V.League 1 26 10 6 10 37 40 −3 36 5th
2020 V.League 1 20 9 7 4 30 19 +11 34 3rd
2021 V.League 1 12 4 1 7 6 14 –8 13 13th
2022 V.League 1 24 5 7 12 26 42 -16 22 13th Relegation to 2023 V.League 2

Continental record
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2021 AFC Cup Group H Cancelled

Stadium

Saigon had played at Thong Nhat Stadium in District 10, Ho Chi Minh City since the club was founded in 2016.

In 2020, the club purchased the Thanh Long Sports Center in District 8, Ho Chi Minh City. The proposed Saigon Football Academy would jointly operate with FC Tokyo and it would be based out of this location.[6]

Home stadium

Other stadiums

Players

First-team squad

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Management and staff

Current staff
Position Staff
ManagerVietnam Phùng Thanh Phương
Assistant coachesVietnam Trần Trung Kiên
Vietnam Trịnh Văn Hậu
Vietnam Hoàng Hùng
Goalkeeping coachVietnam Nguyễn Hoàng Duy
TranslatorVietnam Nguyễn Đường Hiếu
PhysiotherapistJapan Shoichi Masuda
KitmanVietnam Lư Tấn Hậu
PresidentVietnam Trần Hòa Bình[7]
Technical directorVietnam Le Huynh Duc[8]

Managerial history
Dates Name Notes
2016–2018 Vietnam Nguyễn Đức Thắng
2018 Vietnam Phan Văn Tài Em
2018–2019 Vietnam Nguyễn Thành Công
2019–2020 Vietnam Hoàng Văn Phúc
2020–2021 Vietnam Vũ Tiến Thành
2021 Japan Masahiro Shimoda[9]
2021–2022 Vietnam Phung Thanh Phuong

References
  1. "Sài Gòn FC, Cần Thơ FC không dự giải hạng Nhất 2023" (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  2. "VPF ban hành Thông báo chính thức về việc đổi tên của CLB Hà Nội" (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  3. "Vietnamese, Japanese clubs to establish football academy in Vietnam". vnexpress,net. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  4. "Default Website Page". Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  5. "Kelme Vietnam on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022.
  6. "Saigon FC, FC Tokyo to build academy in Vietnam". sportbusiness.com. 14 February 2020. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  7. "Tân chủ tịch CLB Sài Gòn muốn CLB phải đúng chất Sài Gòn" (in Vietnamese). Tuoi Tre. 16 January 2021. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  8. "Lê Huỳnh Đức làm giám đốc kỹ thuật CLB Sài Gòn" (in Vietnamese). Tuoi Tre. 1 August 2022. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  9. "Saigon FC appoints Japanese head coach". vnexpress.net. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
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